Archer&#39;s arrow nock and finger grip



June 16, 1925.

1,542,159 E. F. MAXWELL ARCHERS ARROW NOCK AND FINGERAGRIP Filed April15, 1924 A5: 1 MaxweZZ (a, Hon- 7 61mm; Q

To all whom itmag Berkeley, inthe county Patented June 16, 1925.

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Application filed April 16, 1824. Serial No. 708,783.

concern:

Be it known that I, Enwm F. MAXWELL, a citizen of the United States,r..siding at' of Alameda and State of California, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Archers Arrow Nocks and Finger Grips, ofwhich the following is a s ecification.

This invention ates to an improved arrow nook and finger grip for use byarchers and seeks, amon other objects, to provide a device whic will, byfacilitating the manipulation of a bow and arrow, render archery morepopular.

The invention seeks, as a further object, to provide a device which willbe of assistance in obtaining an accurate and steady aim of the arrow.

And the invention seeks, as a still fur? ther object, to provide adevice whereby the bow string may be readily drawn and the arrowinstantaneousl released.

Other and incidental o jects will appear hereinafter.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentar I side elevation showing my improved evice incon- 12 suitably fixed-to said at opposite sides nection with a bowandarrow. 7

' Figure 2 is. a sectional viewthrough the finger grip employed, on theline 2-.-2 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, and JFigure 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 3--3 of Figure'2,looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, a bow is conventionallyillustrated at 9 and the bow string at 10, while an arrow is illustratedat 11. Fitting over the rear :end of the arrow'shaft. is a nook shaftand provided thereof with notches 13, while at its outer end said nockis formed with a slot 14 at opposite sides of which are provided roundedfaces 15? In con'u'nction with the neck vide a gen grip includincompamon mating body sections 16 recesse at their for-. ward ends todefine a barrel 17 and detachably connecting the, sections are screws orother suitable fastening devices 18. Projecting from the'body sectionsat their rear ends are oppositely directed finger loops 19 and formed inthe barrel 17 in a plane at a right angle to the plane of said oops 12,I proplane of sai 26 and slidable through I vanced,

freely accommoare longitudinal slots 20 Swin ingly supdating a pair ofjaws 21. porting the jaws at their rear en s are pivot pins 22extending; throu tions 16 at the base of t e barrel and, as brought outin Figure 2, the jaws are notched at their forward ends to defineconfronting hooks 23' .having inwardly curved forward edges24. Formed inthe barrel in a lane at a right angle 'to the jaws are oppositely disosed h the body seci longitudinal slots 25 opening throug the forwardend ed e of the barrel. In therear o the barrel 17, the body sections 10are recessed .to define a chamber said chamber to pro ect into thebarrel is a rod 27 confined etween the confronting faces of the bodysections. At its outer end the rod carries a head 28 andconnecting theinner end of the rod with the jaws 21 are toggle links Formed on the rodto move freely in the chamber 26 is a shoulder 30 and hearing betweensaid shoulder and the inner end wall of the chamber is a sprin 31accommodated in the chamber. Thus, e spring will normall' press the rodoutwardly until the shou der 30 strikes the outer end wall of saidchamber and consequentl swing the .jaws 21 toward each other to c osedposition.

In use, the bow string 10 is positioned in the slot 14 of the'nock 12when the finger ripis positioned to receive the bow str 1n the slots 25of the barrel 17 and the noc pushed into the barrel. As the nock isadthe rounded faces 15 of said termi; nal will ride over the curvededges 24 of the jaws 21 for separating said jaws so that the nock willmove between the jaws until the hooks 23 of the jaws drop into thenotches 13 of the neck, connecting the arrow with the finger grip.Accordingly, the-bow may then, as suggested in Figure 1, be grasped inone han and the first and second fingers of the other hand engagedthrough the loops 19 of the finfger p and the grip pulled rearwardlly orrawinegi the bow string. When this is accomplish forward pressure rstoodin v ew serve to swmg 28 of the rod 27 vice which will be found ofmaterial assist ance in the practice of archery.

Having thus described the invention, what claim is: 1. A device of thecharacter described including a finger grip body having a barrel toreceive an, arrow nock and provided with slots, and jaws accommodated insaid slots of the barrel to enga c said nock.

2. A device of the c aracter described including a finger grip bodyhaving a barrel to receive an arrow nock, spring pressed jaws carried bythe body to engage said nock, and manually operable means for releasingsaid jaws.

3. A device of the character desoribedin eluding a finger grip bodyhaving a barrel to receive an arrow nook and provided with slots toaccommodate a bovm strin engaged with the nock, pivoted jaws'associatedwith said barrel to engage said nook, and means for releasing said jaws.I r v 4. A device of the-character described ineluding a finger gripbody having a barrel to receive an arrow nock and slots to accommodate abow with the nock, pivoted jaws associated with said barrel, a rodslidable upon the body, toggle links pivotally connecting therod wi thstring engaged e jaws,,and a spring acting on said.

rod for swinging the jaws intothe barrel to the combination with apanionsections engage said nock, the rod being manually shiftable forreleasing the jaws.

5. In a device of the character described, the combination with an arrownock, of a ger grip to cooperate with said nock and including jawsspring pressed to engage the nock, and a manually shiftable push rod forreleasing the jaws simultaneously. In a device of thecharacterdescribed, finger grip having aws, of an arrow hook to cooperate withsaid' grip and provided with notches to accommodate the jaws.

In a device of the character described, the-combination with a fingergrip having jaws, of an arrow nock to cooperate with said grip andprovided with notc'hesto accommodate the jaws and with a slot to receivea bow string.

8. A device ofthe character described ineluding a finger grip bodycomprising commating to define a barrel to receive an arrow nock,pivoted. jaws associated with the barrel, a push rod slidable tween thesections, toggle links connectingkthe rod with said jaws, and a springacting on the rod for closing the jaws, the rod being manually operableto swing the jaws away from each other.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

EDWIN F, MAXWELL. [1,. 8.]

